John Wilkinson (abt. 1711 - 1782)

Born about 1711 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

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Died 31 May 1782 at about age 71 in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

John Wilkinson performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

John Wilkinson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A125646.

John Wilkinson was patriotic during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the 1776 Convention as per Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. 3, Page 595. ^[1]

He married: 1) Mary Lacey, 2) Hannah Hughs. Children in DAR Patriot File: Ann Lacey who m. Samuel Smith; Elisha who m. Anna Dungan; John who m. Jane Chapman; Mary who m. Stephen Twining; Josiah who m. Mary Burrows.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 22, 2015), "Record of John Wilkinson", Ancestor # A125646.
   

• Jordan, John W. Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania. Published 1911. (Includes a transcription of John Wilkinson's obituary, published in The Pennsylvania Gazette on 19 June 1782.
• Gates, Dr. Henry Louis, Faces of America: How 12 Extraordinary People Discovered their Pasts, New York University Press (2010), https://books.google.com/books?id=meYbj1E6Ki8C&pg=PA107&dq=Dr.+Henry+Louis+Gates+2010+Faces+of+America&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EYLAVNCSI6a0sASy5IHgDg&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
• Genealogy of Wilkinson and kindred families, compiled by M M Wilkinson, Shelby, MI, 1949, p87, shows Mary Wilkinson, daughter of John Wilkinson and Mary Lacy, married Stephen Twining and had a child Tamer who married Stephen Twining[1]